Copyright & DMCA Policy

HoneyBee is a community for discovering knitting and crochet patterns. We index patterns from around the web and always link to the original source — we show small preview thumbnails with attribution, and the pattern itself lives with its designer. We respect the intellectual property rights of designers, photographers, and publishers, and we expect the same of our community.

If you believe material on HoneyBee infringes your copyright, this page explains how to tell us and what happens next. We respond expeditiously to valid notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”, 17 U.S.C. § 512).

Reporting copyright infringement

To file a DMCA takedown notice, send a written notification to our designated agent (below) that includes all of the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed (or a representative list if multiple works are covered by one notice).
3. Identification of the material you claim is infringing and enough information for us to locate it — the HoneyBee URL(s) is best.
4. Your contact information: name, address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Please note: under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material is infringing.

Designated copyright agent

Our designated agent is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (effective July 6, 2026):

Email is the fastest way to reach us. Please put “DMCA” in the subject line.

What happens next

When we receive a valid notice, we remove or disable access to the identified material expeditiously, notify the user who provided it (where applicable), and record the notice. Where a preview thumbnail is the subject of a notice, we remove the stored image and purge it from our caches.

Counter-notification

If your material was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send our designated agent a written counter-notification that includes:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed and where it appeared before removal.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your judicial district (or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which HoneyBee may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice or their agent.

If we receive a valid counter-notification, we may restore the material in 10–14 business days unless the original claimant notifies us that they have filed a court action.

Repeat-infringer policy

We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

Designers: claim, correct, or remove your patterns

If you design patterns, you don’t need a legal notice to control how your work appears here. You can claim your patterns to manage them directly — update the images, fix details, and link them to your profile. If you’d rather have a pattern (or your whole catalog) removed instead, email honeybeepatterns@gmail.com from an address associated with your website or shop and we’ll take care of it — no formal notice required.

This page is provided for information and is not legal advice. Also known as: HoneyBee Crochet, HoneyBee Patterns, HoneyBee Knitting, joinhoneybee.com.